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Edited: May 1, 2018, 11:29 PM ·
Roland Herrera of Westbury Park Strings has compiled a comprehensive repertoire list upt to abrsm grade 8. His old website, a real treasure trove, has been down for a while, but the list is accessible at his new website (with essential repertoire marked as "key pieces"). Lots of great stuff there!

May 2, 2018, 8:18 AM ·
Spohr Concerti (#8 has been almost forgotten, and it still is a great work.)Sinding Suite as a Concert work.Bruch Scottish Fantasy as a Concert workVieuxtemps in general (#4 to start-he has other works as well.)Paganini in general (there's more than the Caprices, #1, and Kreisler's version of La Campanella.)Wieniawski-Treasure Trove of "should be" works (mamy of the lesser played ones are wonderful.)Strauss ConcertoGoldmark ConcertoViotti #22 as a Concert pieceMozart shorter works and some sonatasShostakovich 10 Preludes, arr. TsyganovProkofiev 5 Melodies

Too many more-the above follows no logical order of any sort.

Some of that is sometimes recorded and performed, some others virtually gone even as "student works". Even Lalo's SE is "nowadays" a "student work".

(That said, there are some that I mentioned that are not "essential" per se, but good to learn, given the time.)

For recitals, I think Amanda Maier's violin sonata deserves to be standard repertoire. (Especially if you like Brahms, because the style is similar. Maier composed this while Brahms was working on his third violin sonata; the two composers sent each other drafts for feedback, and each made changes suggested by the other.)

May 3, 2018, 12:58 AM ·
I've never played it. I switched to viola when I was still a beginner and never played violin regularly again. I would assume it's similar to the Brahms sonatas. It's on IMSLP and there are recordings on YouTube.